mullah
Americannoun
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(in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
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(in Turkey) a provincial judge.
noun
Etymology
Origin of mullah
1605–15; < Persian or Urdu mullā < Arabic mawlā; see maulvi
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These days he’s a religious gent and a shepherd to drifting youth, a golf addict, sober as a mullah, and insists his critics have always taken him far too seriously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
A cartoon in the Chicago Tribune portrayed Mr. Civiletti addressing the International Court of Justice while an Iranian mullah rips away at his trousers.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022
He also defended his actually making a personal call with a Taliban mullah, which was noted as having previously been “unthinkable” in media reports at the time.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
The new head of administrative affairs at the Education Ministry, also a mullah, wore a cartridge belt to his appointment ceremony in December.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
The mullah goes for a pomegranate, we’re dead.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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